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I told you that this might be a sporadic series and it has indeed been a while since I last asked you about some books that crossed my path that I wasn’t sure if I wanted to read or not. I have read one of them and it will be on the blog this week, so thank you for all your thoughts on that one as it lead to a reading. This time its three books that I know nothing about and had in fact never heard of until a certain website recommended that I read them and now I am in two minds, though the covers are calling me…

Evelina: Or the History of A Young Lady’s Entrance into the World – Frances Burney

Memoirs of Emma Courtney – Mary Hays

Cecilia: or Memoirs of an Heiress – Frances Burney

There was another one about two victorian sisters which looked ace as well but I cannot find that title for the life of me which is most vexing as it would be perfect for my victoriana research, oh well. As for these three as I said I know nothing about them but they do intrigue me and I have said I want to read more fiction that isn’t contemporary so these seem like they could be a treat! I haven’t even heard of the authors and I feel like I should have. So those of you who know the classics do please let me know if these are any good as they have stirred an interest from Savidge Reads and I would love your insights.

For those of you who are more into your contemporary, I am pleasing both parties to day I hope, I finally opened the parcels that I mentioned on Saturday’s post that had been awaiting me at the sorting office for a few days. They contained these delights…

The House of Special Purpose – John Boyne

Baba Yaga Laid an Egg – Dubravka Ugresic

The Sea’s – Samantha Hunt

The Oxford Book of Death

Glasshopper – Isabel Ashdown

The Einstein Girl – Philip Sington

The Slap – Christos Tsiolkas

Our Tragic Universe – Scarlett Thomas

The Lonely Polygamist – Brady Udall

Half Life – Roopa Farooki

A Preperation For Death – Greg Baxter

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet – David Mitchell

The Clay Dreaming – Ed Hillyer

The Hand That First Held Mine – Maggie O’Farrell

The Shadows in the Streets – Susan Hill

The Swimmer – Roma Tearne

The Great Perhaps – Joe Meno

Let me know if you have heard good things about any of the titles or authors, if you have read any, any you are already sick of hearing about and any you would really like to hear more about, that would be marvellous.

That’s all from me, after a marvellous discussion round at mine for the latest NTTVBG and ‘Skin Lane’ by Neil Bartlett (which I think is an amazing book) I am quite, quite tired and have rather a lot of virtual tidying up to do, I am quite sad it was my last hosting session though. Right, I am off, thoughts on the above books please!